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MAGAZINE PIRE ARM.

No. 314,828. Patented Mar. 3l, 1885.

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MAGAZINE HRBI ARM,

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MAGAZINE FIRE ARM.

No. 314,823. Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

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- MAGAZINE PIRE ARM. No. 814,828. Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

UNITEDV STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

VVILLlAM B. FRANKLN, OF HARTFORD, CONN., ASSIGNOR TO COLTS PATENT FIREARMS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MAGAznNi-z FIRE-RM.

SPECIFCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,823, dated March 3l,1885.

Application filed October 20, .18H-1. (No model.) n i.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, VILLIAM B. FRANK- LIN, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford and State ot' Connecticut, have invented new Improvements inMagazine Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of [g thesame, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure 1, a side view; Fig. 2, a top view; Fig. 3, a longitudinalsectional side view; Fig. 4, atop view showing the mouth of the receiverand the method of applying the magazine; Fig. 5, a vertical sectionthrough the receiver forward of the front face of the breechpiece in itsopen condition and on line 6 6 of Fig. 6; Fig. 6, a longitudinal centralsectional 2Q side view showing the breech-piece in its,

open condition and a cartridge as standing in the auxiliary chamberpreparatory to its entrance into the chamber of the barrel, broken linesindicating the shell as withdrawn by the opening of the breech-piece;Figs. 7 and 8,

horizontal sectional views showing the operation of the check; Figs. 9and 10, vertical sections illustrating the application of the magazine;Fig. 11, a transverse section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3, looking rearward,and showing the shoulder E, against which the dog abuts in locking thebreech-piece; Fig. 12, a longitudinal section of the dog, showing theshoulders E and the recess in the upper face of the dog; Fig. 13, a sideview showing the receiver and mechanism of the arm with the stockremoved, black lines showing the position of the parts as the hammerarrives at full-cock; Fig. 14, a vertical transverse section on line 4o7 7 of Fig. 7, showing the check 21 in its two positions in full' linesin the mouth of the receiver, and broken lines out of the receiver.

This invention relates to an improvement in that class of breech-loadingfire-arms in which the breech-piece is arranged at the rear of thebarrel and in axial line therewith, and so as to be moved backward inopening and forward to close the breech, and to which a case containingseveral cartridges may be ap' 5o plied over an opening in the receiver,so that the cartridges will successively fall in front of thebreech-piece when in its rear position, and be forced into thecartridge-chamber by the forward movement of the breech-piece, and alsoin which the breech-piece is operated by a handle forward of thereceiver, beneath the barrel, arranged to move longitudinally backwardand forward parts of the invention applicable to other classes of arms,the object of the invention being to adapt the arm to re- 6o ceive thecase or magazine on the top of the receiver, the magazine being readilyattached to or removed from the receiver as 'occasion may require, andso that the arni may be used either as a breech-loader or as ainagazine-repeater; and the invention consists in the coinbination ofelements fully hereinafter described and particularly recited in theclaims.

A is the receiver, to t-he forward end of which the barrel B isattached. In the re- 7o ceiver, in r'ear of the barrel, the breech-pieceC is arranged in axial line with the barrel, and so as to move backwardin opening the breech to the I position seen in Fig. G, or forward toclose the breech, as seen in Fig. 8.

To the under side of the breech-piece the locking-dog D is hung upon apivot, a, and so that when the breech-piece is forward the dog willdrop'down in front of and againstashoulder, E, in the receiver, as seenin Fig. 3, and So so as to hold the breech-piecein its locked position,but so that when the dog is raised, as indicated in broken lines, Fig.3, the dog escapes from the shoulder E, unlocks the breechpiece, and sothat the breech-piece may then S5 be moved rearward, as indicated inFig. 6. The upper face of the dog is recessed to permit it to' thus risebeneath the breech-piece, as seen in Figs.' 11 and 12. On the under sideof the dog D is a downwardly-extending arm, 9o F, by which the dog isoperated. Below the dog is a longitudinal sliding bar, G, arranged inlongitudinal guiding-grooves b in the receiver, (see Figs. 3, 6, and10,) the arm F extending down through an opening, c, in the 95 bar .Gnear its rear end, and as seen in Fig. 3. The bar G extends forwardthrough the receiver beneath the barrel, its forward end passing througha guide, d, formed in the under side of a band, H, around the barrel androo fore arm. To this bar a handle, I, is fixed, by which the bar maybeconveniently moved backward and forward, the bar guided by grooves binthe receiver and by the guide d at the .forward end. As the bar is movedrearward from theposition seen in Fig. 3 to that in Fig. 6 the rst partof the rear movement/raises the dog, as indicated inbreken lines, Fig.3, to take it from its locking position and above the shoulder E.Then,the rear y movement of the 'bar G continued, the breechpiece willbeforced to its extreme rear position, as seenin Fig. 6. On the returnof the bar G by the forward movement of the handle the breech-piece willbe forced to its forward position and the dog turned down forward of theshoulder E, and so as to lock the ,breechpiece in its closed position..The shoulder E is formed in two parts, as seen in Fig. 12, the arm F ofthe dog passing between the parts of the shoulder in its back andforward movement.

Longitudinally through the breech-piece is the firing-pin L. Thisextends to the extreme rear, where it terminates in a head, M, uponwhich the hammer may strike.

In the breech-piece, above the dog D, abellcrank lever is hung upon apivot, e, one arm, N, extending upward into a recess in` thebreech-piece, the other arm, O, extendingforward, and so that when thebreech-piece is in its closed position and the firing-pin forced forwardunder the blow of the hammer the arm O will hang down over orupon thedog D, and so that when the dog D rises, asin the first part of the rearmovement of the bar G, it will strike the arm O and turn the arm Nbackward and force the firing-pin to retreat, as seen in Fig. 6. Thusthe firing-pin retreats before the rear movement of the breech-piececommences.

P is the hammer, hung upon a pivot, f, in the usual manner, and so as toengage the trigger R when thrown to half or full cock, as seen in Fig.6, also a usual construction.

As the breech-piece commences its rear movement a tongue, h, pivoted inthe rear end of the breechpiece, strikes a corresponding shoulder, onthe hammer and forces the hammer rearward to the full-cock position, asseen in broken lines, Fig. 13, at which time the tongue h escapes fromthe hammer, leaving it at. full-cock, the breech-piece passing on to itsextreme rear'position, as seen in Fig. 6. As the dog D moves backward,carrying the breech-piece with it, it rides upon the under side, S, ofthe upper tang, which gives it a downward turn upon its pivot, until itarrives against a shoulder, Z, as seen in Fig. 6, which arrests thefurther rear movement of the breech-piece.

On the forward side of the hammer, and below the breech-piece, is anarm, T, concentric with the axis upon which the hammer rotates, theforward end of which rises as the hammer is turned to its rear position,and as seen in Fig. 6.

On the h ub of the iiring-pinlever ,O N is a shoulder, m, whichat theextreme rear position, strikes the end ofthe said arm T, which holds thelever O N in the position of retracting the firing-pin, notwithstandingthe fact that the dog D has been turned down away from the arm'O. Thusthe firing-pin is forcibly held in its' extreme rear position while thebreech-piece is open; but as the breech-piece is moved forward theshoulder m will leave the arm T of the hammer; but as the dog D rises,following the upward curved surface from the shoulder Z at the rear tothe lockingshoulders E, it will hold the lever and firingvpin, and sothat when the breech-piece arrives at its extreme forward position thefiring-pin will be left in its position of retreat as the dog D isthrown down into its locking position, and will there remain until thehammer is released to strike the firing-pin to deliver the blow of thehammer to the cartridge that may be in the cartridge-chamber of thebarrel.

On the top of the receiver, and immediately in rear ofthe barrel, is anopening, U, corresponding 'substantially in shape to the cartridge forwhich the arm is adapted, and so that the cartridge may be introducedthrough the opening U to a position in front of the' open breech piece,as seen in Fig. 6. The opening U is narrower than the diameter of thehead of the cartridge, but slightly wider than the body of thecartridge; but at the extreme rear end of the opening a recess, n, iscut in each side to Widen the opening at that point to the extent of thediameter ofthe head, and so that the head may drop down through therecesses n, as seen in Fig. 6.

Below the opening U the sides ofthe receiver are recessed, as at r r,Figs. 9 and 10, to forni a chamber or seat for the cartridge,and throughwhich the head of the cartridge may pass in the IOO forward movement ofthe breech-piece to take the cartridge into the chamber in the barrel.Below this cartridge-receiving chamber is an opening, V, downwardentirely through the receiver; but this opening is shorter than thecartridge, leaving a solid bottom, s, at the forward end of theauxiliary chamber, upon which the forward end of the cartridge willrest, and. so that when in the auxiliary chamber, as seen in Fig. 6, theforward end of the cartridge will rest upon this solid bottom s, whilethe rear end will be supported by the head lying in the recesses r r.

In the extreme rear position of the breechpiece, as` seen in Fig. 6, itstands to the rear of the head of the cartridge when placed in theauxiliary chamber, as seen in Fig. 6, the breech piece beingprevented'from contact with the head of the cartridge by the forwardend, t, of the extractor W. In this condition, as the breech -piececommences its forward movement the forward end of the extractorhook willstrike the head of 'the cartridge and give to it a forward movementuntil, arriv- IIO IIO

ing the chamber will cause the hook to rise and pass over the flange ofthe cartridge, and so as to engage the cartridge, that when thebreech-piece is withdrawn it may take the cartridge-shell with it, asseen in broken lines, Fig. 6. As the shell comes back with thebreech-piece the head moves to a position considerably in rear of theposition of the head of the cartridge when introduced into the auxiliarychamber, as before described, and as seenv in broken lines, Fig. 6. Atthis point the head of the cartridge passes into the recesses u, as seenin broken lines, Fig. 6. These recesses, as seen in Fig. 5, leave aspace somewhat greater in width than the head of the cartridge-shell,and so that the head of the cartridge-shell, arriving at these recesses,may pass downward into the openingV away from the extractonhook, and soas to escape from the arm, the opening V being of sufficient length topermit such escape of the cartridgeshell. It will therefore be seen thatas a cartridge is placed in the auxiliary chamber, as seen in Fig. 6,and preparatory to its introduction'into the chamber in the barrelythehead rests in the recesses r r in the sides of the receiver, so as toprevent its entering the opening V, and also to prevent its escape fromthe arm, because of the overhanging of the upper edges of the recesses rr; but when the Yshell is withdrawn from the chamber after explosion, orthe cartridge if it be not exploded, the cartridge will be moved so muchfarther to the rear than its introduced position that its head will comeinto the recesses u, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 6, and so thatthe shell, or cartridge, if it be not exploded, will fall downwardthrough the opening V, and away from the arni.

The extractor shown in the illustrations is that for which LettersPatent were granted to C. B. Richards, August 18, 1868, No. 81,290, andin which the movement of the extractor in ridingover the flange of thecartridge and engaging it is made positive without the employment of aspring Near its rear end it is hung upon a pin, 10, there being a slotthrough the extractor to permit a certain amount of longitudinalmovement of the extractor on the pin 10. In Fig. 6 the extractor isshown in the extreme forward position. Near the for ward end is adownwardly-projecting lng, 1l, inclined downward and forward on thefront face, and in the breechpiece is a correspondingly-inclinedshoulder, l2. As the breechpiece advances, the nose of the extractorwill strike the head of the cartridge and force it rearward, asindicated in broken lines, Fig. 6, taking the inclined face 1l of theextractor away from its shoulder, and so thatin the advance ofthecartridge into the chamber in the barrel the'eXtractor-hook will rideover the flange of the cartridge whenever the resistance to the entranceof the cartridge into its chainber is sufficient to raise the hook. Thenwhen the breech-piece commences its retreat the cartridge or shell ofthe cartridge in its seat in the barrel will hold theextractor,while thebreech-piece starts in its rear movement; but so soon as the inclinedshoulder 12 strikes the inclined face of the lug 11 it holds theextractor down upon the cartridge, so that the cartridge or shell mustfollow the breech-piece in its retreating movement, the inclinedshoulder locking, as it were, the extractor in its down or engagedposition.

While illustrating and by preference employing the Richards extractor,it will be understood that the common spring-extractor may besubstituted therefor.

As thus far described the arm operates as a breech-loader. 1 will nowproceed to describe its adaptation as a magazine fire-arm.

The magazine 13, adapted to this arm, and which 1 illustrate, is aconstruction for which I have applied for Letters Patent, applicationSerial No. 135,232. It is arranged with several partitions, as seen inFig. 10, alternately' extending from opposite sides, inclined downwardtoward the mouth 14, as seen in Fig. 10, so as to form a circuitouspassage, which may be lled with several cartridges, and so that when themouth is downward they will successively fall through the mouth as oneis taken from the month. rIhe magazine is filled 'with cartridges withthe mouth upward, and is then inverted over the opening U in t-hereeeiver, as seen in Fig. 10, and so that the cartridges maysuccessivelyr fall through the mouth in front of the breech-piece whenthe breech-piece is in its open position.

The magazine is constructed with an outwardly-projecting flange, 15, atthe forward end of the mouth, and a like projecting dange, 16, at therear end of the mouth. (See Fig. 3.) The receiver is constructed with ahorizontal groove, 17, atvthe forward end of the opening U, and asimilar groove, 18, at the rear, these two grooves corresponding to theanges 15 and 16 on the magazine, and so that the magazine maybe passedin sidewise, the lianges entering, respectively, the grooves 17 and 18,and when in proper position the mouth of the magazine corresponds to theopening U, as seen in Figs. 3 and 10.

The magazine is constructed at one side of the mouth with aspring-tongue, 19, which, when free, turns inward, as seen in Fig. 9,and so as to serve as a stop to prevent the cartridges in the magazinefrom escaping, and so that the magazine filled with cartridges may betransported without danger of cartridges escaping. It is necessary,therefore, as the magazine is applied to the arm, to remove or displacethe tongue 19, in order that the cartridges may fall from the mouth intothe auxiliary chamber in the receiver. To this end the receiver isconstructed with an upwardly-projecting lug. 20, (see Figs. 4, 9, and10,) and which stands inthe path of the tongue as the magazine isintroduced from one side.

The introduction of the magazine is indicated in Fig. 4 in broken lines,the iiange of the forward end being set into the groove 17,`

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The rear endA is then turned to pla-ce in the groove 18. In so doing thespring-tongue 19 strikes the lug 20, as seen in Fig. 9, and as themagazine. approaches its place the springtongue is bent outward into aplane with that side of the magazine, as seen in Fig. 10, so that themouth.. of the magazine is left entirely open for the escape ofthecartridges, and each cartridge will escape therefrom into theauxiliary chamber below whenever that chamber is opened by themovementof the breech-piece. The rst advance or closing movement of thebreech-piece forces the first cartridge into its chamber in the barrel.Then withdrawing it, the shell or cartridge, if it be not exploded, willescape through the opening V below. Then the next cartridge from themagazine will fall into place, and so on until all the cartridges in themagazine have been discharged. Then the magazine is removed and -asecond filled magazine applied; or the magazine removed may be refilledwith cartridges and replaced.

In order that the nextcartridge in the magazine may not interfere withthe previous cartridge, which has fallen into the auxiliary chamber, inits forward or rear movement, I provide a check which will hold back thecolumn of cartridges in the magazine until the breech-piece is fullyopen. This check 2l is in the form of a lever hung upon a pivot, 22, toswing in a horizontal plane directly above thebreech-pi'ece. (See Figs.7, 8, and14.) The checlewhen the breech-piece is forward, stands overthe breech-piece. as seen in Figs. 7 and 14, and below the lowestcartridge in themagazine, or across the mouth of the magazine, and

so as to hold back the column of cartridges.

On the under side of the check-lever is a Stud, 23,which rides upon,say, the right-hand side of a rib, 24, on the breech-piece, and this ribforms in shape a continuation of the extractor, and as seen in Fig. 7.

Near the forward end ofthe breech-piece is a diagonal groove, 25, acrossits upper surface and across the extractor, as seen in Fig. 7. As the`breech-piece approaches its rear position this groove engages the stud23 on the check, and the continued rear movement forces the check fromthe position seen in Fig. 7 to that seen in Fig. 8, and to the positionseen in broken lines, Fig. 14, the check entering a niortise, 26, in theside of the receiver prepared for it, and so as to leave a free passagebetween the mouth of the magazine and the auxiliary chamber in thereceiver. When The inward movement of the check.

the upper cartridge awayfrom the cartridge in the chamber, as seen inFig. 14, and so as to preventa clash between the flanges of the twocartridges, and also to prevent the breechpiece from striking the-headof the second cartridge, or any interference of said second cartridge inthe working of the arm.

In this arrangement of the magazine, because of the opening into thereceiver being directly inline with the breech-piece, the magazine willstand in the central line of the barrel, and would therefore be in linewith the sights as usually arranged. I therefore arrange the sights atoneside of the central line, as seen in Fig. 2, so that the line ofsight isto the left of the magazine, and as clearly seenin Fig. 2.

The tendency of the spring-tongue 19b'earingl against 'a lug, 20, on thereceiver would be to turn the magazine from its place over the receiver,and this tendency will be increased to a considerable extent by theshock in firing. To prevent such turning out of place of the magazine, Iprovide alock forthe magazine. This consists of a turn-button, 27, hungin the side of the-mouth of the receiver opposite thelug 20, and as seenin Fig. 6,which, when the breech-piece is in its open position, as seenin Fig. 6,will stand down flush with the upper surface of the receiverat that point; but

in theclosingmovement of the breech-piece' The tongue h, hung in therear lend of the breech-piece so as to act upon the hammer in its rearmovement, permits the hammer to be thrown to a position to entirelyescape contact with the moving breech-piece after the tongue has passedfrom the hammer, and so in returning there will be no conflictor-contact between the breech-piece and hammer, the tongue turning up topass over the nose ofthe hammer in the forward movement of thebreech-piece. This tongue, however, is the invention of another, and Imake no claim thereto.

The longitudinally-movable extractor which I have shown and describedpossesses an advantage over an extractor made fast to the breech-piecewithout such longitudinal movement, first, that in its extreme forwardposi- -tion it prevents the headv of the incoming cartridge from passingso far back as to come into the recesses u, which it might do in somecases if the head of the cartridge happened to be somewhat smaller thanthe standard size, and the extractor-hook is close to the rear end ofthebrcech-piece,as it must beif it be hung to the breech-piece, so as topreventlongitudinal movementthat is to say, when in its forwardposition, as seen in Fig. 6-it prevents such ICO IIO

possibleentrance of the flange of the cartridge I 3. In a fire-arm, thecombination of the loninto the recesses u.

The stud 23 on the under side of the check, which works through thegroove 25 on the upper side of the breech-piece and across the extractoras the breech-piece approaches its extreme rear position,will cause theextractor to move forward on the breech-piece untilthe lug ll comes to abearing against the shoulder l2, so that if the breech-piece is openedwhen there be no cartridge-shell in the magazine to extract the forwardmovement of the breech-piece is insured before a cartridge can fall fromthe magazine or be otherwise introduced into the auxiliary chamber, andas seen in Fig. 6, and will there stand as a guard to prevent themovement of the cartridge in the auxiliary chamber rearward to bring itshead within the recesses n. The check serves also to draw the extractorrearward into the position seen in broken lines, Fig. 6, on the firstpart of the forward movement of the breechpiece. In such movement thegroove 25 lthrough the stud 23 draws the check inward, and as the studpasses into the groove in the extractor it will hold the extractor whilethe breech-piece moves forward, and until the extractor comes to itsrear bearing, as indicated in broken lines, Fig. 6. This insuresthefreedom of the extractor to ride over the cartridgehead in the earlypart of the forward movement of the breech-piece and cartridge.

I have described the tongue 19 as a springtongue; but it will beunderstood that if the metal from which the magazine is made isinelastic the tongue will be simply bent in over the mouth of themagazine so as to prevent the escape of the cartridges from themagazine, and then when the magazine is set upon the receiverthe tonguewill be bent outward, as shown.

I claiml. In a fire-arm, the combination of thelongitudinally-reciprocating breech-piece C, the liring-pinL, extendinglongitudinally through said breech-piece, the lever N, hung in saidbreech-piece and in connection with said liringpin, constructed with theshoulder m, and the hammer I?, constructed with a forward extension, T,against which the said shoulder m of the firing-pin lever will strike asthe breechpiece approaches its extreme rear movement, substantially asdescribed.

2. In are-arm, the combination of the longitudinelly-reciprocatingbreech-piece C, the dog D, hinged in the breech-piece and extendingrearward, constructed with an arm, F, extending downward, alongitudinelly-reciprocating bar, G, in connection with said arm F, andextending forward through the receiver, provided with a handle, I, theshoulder E, against which the dog will abut when the breech-piece is inits closed position, and the shoulder l in the receiver in rear of theshoulder E, and against which the dog will abut as the breech-piecearrives at its extreme rear movement, substantially as described.

gitudinally-reciprocating breech-piece C, the firing-pin L,extendinglongitudinally through said breech-piece, the dog D, hinged to thebreech-piece and extending rearward, and

.constructed with the downwardly-projecting arm F, thelongitmlinally-reciprocating bar G in connection with said arm F, andextending forward through the receiver, provided with a handle, I, thebell-crank lever O N, hung in the breech-piece, the one arm, N, iuconnection with the tiring-pin, the other arm, O, over the said dog andin the path of its movement, and also constructed with the shoulderm,and the hammerRconstructed with a forward extension, T, against whichthe said shoulder m of the firing-pin lever will strike as thebreech-piece approaches its extreme rear movement, substantially as andfor the purpose described.

4. In a fire-arm, the combination of the longitudinally-reciproeatingbreech-piece C, provided with an extractor-hook extending forward of itsfrontface, and thereceiver constructed with a mouth at the rear end ofthe barrel narrower than the diameter of the head of the cartridge, butgreater in width than the diameter of the body of the cartridge, thesides of the receiver below said mouth constructed with longitudinalrecesses r, forming the auxiliary chamber to receive the cartridge, the

sides of the mouth at the rear end constructed with recesses a, throughwhich the head of the cartridge may freely pass while the body lpassesdownward through the mouth into the IOO ward, and into which saidrecesses u open, the

said opening V being less in length than the mouth of the chamber, andso as to form a solid bottom, s, at the forward end of the auxiliarychamber, substantially as described.

5. In a tire-arm, the combination of the receiver constructed with thereceiving-chamber for the cartridge in rear of the barrel, the saidchamber constructed with recesses u at its rear end into an opening, V,downward through the receiver, the said opening less in length than themouth of the chamber, and so as to leave a solid bottom, s, at theforward end, the longitudinally-reciprocatingbreechpiece in line withthe barrel, the extractor W, arranged in the upper surface of thebreechpiece, and free for a limited longitudinal movement, the saidextractor constructed with a lug-,11, extending downward into a recessin the breech-piece and in rear of thc inclined shoulder 12 in thebreech piece, and the check 2l, hung above the breech-piece to swing ina horizontal plane, and provided with a stud, 23, extending downwardtoward the breech-piece,the extractor and breech-piece constructed witha diagonal groove, 25, near their forward end, substantially asdescribed.

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over the mouth of the receiver, the said magazine constructed with atongue, 19, projecting inward across the mouth of the magazine, thereceiver constructed with a lug, 20, corresponding to said tongue, andwhereby in setting the magazine in place over the mouth of the receiverthe said tongue will be turned outward to open the mouth of themagazine'i :for the escape of the cartridges therefrom into thereceiver, substantially as described.

7. In a hre-arm, the combination of a longitudinally-reciprocatingbreech-piece, a receiver constructed with an auxiliary chamber toreceive a cartridge between the open breechpiece and the rear end of thebarrel, a mouth opening upward from said chamber and an opening downwardtherefrom, a magazine adapted to contain a series of cartridges,constructed with a flange at its front and rearend, the receiver withcorresponding horizon,- tal grooves, with which said flanges may .engageand locate the mouth of said magazine over the mouth of the receiver,and the turn-` button 27, hung at one side of the mouth of the receiverand in thepath of the moving breechpiece, adapted to be turned up intothe mouth of the magazine as the breech-piece is moved forward or droptherefrom as the breech-piece is moved rearward, substantially asdescribed.

8. In a fire-arm, the combination of the lon--rgitudinally-reciprocating breech-piece C, the

receiver constructed with a mouth upon its upper side in rear of thebarrel, and so as to form an auxiliary chamber into which the cartridgemay be received for introduction into the barrel, a magazine arrangedfor attachment to the upper'side of the receiver yreceiver as thebreech-piece approaches its extreme rear movement, and return as thebreech-piece is moved forward.

9. In a fire-arm, the combination of the longitudinal]y-reciprocatingbreech-piece C, the receiver constructed with a mouth, U, upon its upperside and in rear of the barrel, and so as to form an auxiliary chamberinto which the cartridge may be received for introduction to the barrel,a magazine arranged for attachment to the upper side of the receiver andover the mouth, whereby the several cartridges in the magazine maysuccessively fall into the auxiliary chamber in the receiver forward ofthe front face of the breech-piece, and the check 21, pivoted at therear, extending forward intothe mouth of the receiver, and so vas toswing horizontally into and away from the mouth ofV the receiver overthe cartridgestanding in front of the breech-piece, the breech-pieceprovided with a longitudinal rib, 24e, and constructed with a diagonalgroove, 25, the check with a 'corresponding stud, 23, substantially asdescribed, and whereby in the last part of the rear movement of thebreech-piece the check will be thrown out of the mouth of the receiver,and in the first-part of the forward movement of the breech-piece willbe thrown into the mouth of the receiver and over the cartridge lyinginthe auxiliary chamber of the receiver, substantially as described.

WILLIAM B. FRANKLIN.

Witnesses:

OHAs. E. GRoss, WM. WALDo HYDE.

